Improvement in milk-vats



may@ gf Mw if' No. 123,318. Patentd m, so, 1872.

OWEL H. W'ILLARD, OF RANDOLPH, AND ANDREW POPE, OF CONEWANGO,

NEV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MILK-MATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,318, dated January 30, 1872.

To all'J whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, OWEL H. WILLARD, of Randolph, in the county ot' Oattaraugus and State of New York, and ANDREW Porn, ot' Conewan go, in the county and State at'oresaid, have invented certain new and usetul Improvements in Milk-Tempering and Cream- Saving Apparatus; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot' the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part oi' this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective top view ot' our combination milk-vat in position for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective bottom View of the same,

showin g its discharge attachments in position.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the double bottom to the same, with the upper section removed, showing the water-course and corrugated rests in position between its upper and lower sections. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the combination milk-Vat, showing` the space or water-course between the upper and lower sections ot' the bottom, and, also, between the hollow partition-walls.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the drawings, in which- A is the portable frame or vat-stand, constructed of any suitable material, and of a height to suit convenience in operating the vat. B is the milk-vat, made of capacity to contain the required amount of milk, and in form a shallow oblong, divided into four equal pans by means ot' hollow partitions, which intersect each other at the central point in the vat, and are of equal heightwith the outer rim or wall thereoil and aid in preventing the bottom from sagging under the weight ot' its contents. O is a tubular opening, communicating with the water-course `longitudinally through the double bottom and the hollow partitions of the vat to admit the tempering` water from the pen-stock or liet-water closet, as the season may require. D is theissue forthe discharge of tempering water after it has traveled the circuit ot the vat and imparted its tempering influence, when it may be conducted away as waste water or saved for cleansing purposes when needed. E are milk-issues or dischargepipes, opening from the vats outward and downward through the double bottom, leaving it water-tight at each intersection therewith, an d furnished with close ttting plugs or disks, composed ot' .metal or other suitable material, and to be opened or closed, as desired, to retain or discharge the vats7 contents.A F is the funnel-shaped director, adj ustably attached to the bottom of the vat so as to encompass the four milk-issues or discharge-pipes from the several milk pans concentrating their discharge into one stream to be conveyed to its destination in one common spout. G are dripping-spouts, placed longitudinally under the vat and terminating within the funnel-formed director and used to conduct away the drippings of condensed vapor which accumulates upon the cool surl'ace of the vat in warm weather. H, Fig. 3, are corrugated rests, atlixed to the lower and between the two bottoms ot' the vat, furnishing support to the upper one, preventing a collapse of the two, and closing up the water-course between them. l are hollow partitions, constituting an extension of the tempering surface, heir chambers communieating with a-nd forming a part of the temper` ing water-course through the combi nation, their upper edge being punctured to allow the air t0 escape so as not to prevent the water therein rising to a level with the upper opening of wastewater escape-pipe. We construct'of tinplate an oblong hollow vat, then subdivide the same into tour equal pans, each to hold the milk from tii'teeintwenty, and twenty-tive cows; and, when a much larger quantity of milk is to be stored, it will be found more convenient to use more of the vats than to enlarge them over the capacity ot'l the said twenty-live cow vats; but they may be constructed of any desired capacity.

The milka-*at being complete and adjusted for use, its operation is simple and easily understood: At the iirst milking iill one of the four pans, and another at the next milking, and so on until all the pans are filled; then skim and empty the pan rst iilled to receive the next milking, and so on alternately in the regular rotation.

Its water department is easily understood and operated, and, where runnin gwateris to be had, a constant or an intermittent tlow may be had through the vat. When required the vat may be completely emptied of Water by use'vof binedr W-itlifthe adjustable director F, inclosing stop-cock in the lower bottom.

Having' thus fully and completely described and explained the construction and operation of our invention, We proceed t0 state what We claim as new and Wish to secure by Letters Patent of the United States:

The vat D having milk-issues E and comall the Inilkissues7 and Withthe d'ripping-spouts G, all arranged as specified.

OWEL H. WILLARD. ANDREW POPE. Witnesses:

JOSEPH E. WERDEN, ELIAS L. MATTESON. 

